SEMEDO, Alvarez. Historica relatione del gran regno della Cina. Roma, Vitale Mascardi, 1653.
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Description
4to; Contemporary stiff vellum binding, title written on the spine; pp. 8 nn. incl. Titlepage and plate with Portrait, 309, 15 nn. with Index; Ornaments and initials.
RARE ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN EDITION. One of the most interesting works on China of the Ming period. Covers every aspect of Chinese civilization: the people, the banquet, clothing, studies, games, science, the ordering of society with special regard for the nobility, as well as many other customs and traditions.
Very interesting because it tells the growing political and social unrest that accompanied the last years of the Ming Dynasty.
The second part, which deals with the history of missionaries in China and thereby the relations that were established between China and Europe in the sixteenth century, begins on page 209. The Portuguese Jesuit Semedo came to China in 1613 and stayed there for twenty-four, Attorney becoming the Province of China and Japan since 1642.
Cordier 14; Lach III, p. 349; No in British e Piantanida.
Alcune macchiette, buono stato di conservazione.
RARE ILLUSTRATED ITALIAN EDITION. One of the most interesting works on China of the Ming period. Covers every aspect of Chinese civilization: the people, the banquet, clothing, studies, games, science, the ordering of society with special regard for the nobility, as well as many other customs and traditions.
Very interesting because it tells the growing political and social unrest that accompanied the last years of the Ming Dynasty.
The second part, which deals with the history of missionaries in China and thereby the relations that were established between China and Europe in the sixteenth century, begins on page 209. The Portuguese Jesuit Semedo came to China in 1613 and stayed there for twenty-four, Attorney becoming the Province of China and Japan since 1642.
Cordier 14; Lach III, p. 349; No in British e Piantanida.
Alcune macchiette, buono stato di conservazione.
